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Grist from Legal Mills.

A conductor, says the Texas Supreme
Court, must, when collecting fares, give
a passenger reasonable time to find his !:
ticket. y;
Opposed to the rules prevailing else
where, the Massachusetts, Supreme Court
holds that a middle name or initial is
part of PERSONS legal name. a
The highest court of New Jersey de-
clares that for false statement affecting
the credit of merchant, mercantile
agency is responsible in damages.
A bequest to an adopted child on con-.
dition that she shall remain unmarried
until she becomes twenty-one years of
age, has just been held valid by the
court of West Virginia. -" (
A lawyers office table has been decided
in Iowa to be an instrument" neces-
sary to carry on his business, and ex-.
'empt under the statute prevailing in that
State from seizure on debt.
In Mississippi passenger on train
was carried beyond his destination and
then claimed damages on account of the
mental anxiety caused by the separation
from his family. But the Court "could
not see it."
The English judges were recently very
much divided in opinion as to the cor
rect method of getting out of berth at
sea. A practical jury decided the ques-
ton in favor of lady who had stepped
out forward on the top rail of chair
which the stewardess had put there for
her and had fallen and hurt herself
The record of a recent California muir
der case reads like romance from the
tales of chivalry. A bitter feud existed
between two rival Chinese societies
known respectively as the Bo Sin Scar
Society and the Guy Sin Scar Society,
and eliminated in a murder committed
by the accused while incased in steel
coat of mail and armed with four pistols.
In Alabama it has been recently de-
cided. contrary to the opinion prevailing
in nearly all the other States, that though
one committing murder can distinguish
right from wrong, yet if by disease his
will is so impaired that he cannot resist
the temptation to do the act, he is not
responsible to the law. This is very
dangerous ground, though the doctrine
which many scientists have advocated.
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LATER NEWS.

DA1RYhEN OF New York State, in session
at Middletown, petitioned Congress not K
change the Oleomargarine act.
GENERAL THOMAS KILBY SMITH, promi.
nent Federal officer in the civil war, died q
few days ago in New York. he was born in
Ohio in 1921.
THE largest capture of illicit distilleries
ever made at one haul took place few day:
since near Jasper, Ga. Revenue officers cap
tured four stills in full operation.
Two out of three colored men who shock.
ingly assaulted Mrs. D. ]. Oberry and hei
daughter at Pemberton Ferry, Fla, wert
caught in the woods and roasted alive.
SrocKMEN are invoking Federal or State
aid against the thieves and desp:radoes op
Grating in the public land strip on the north
ern border of the Panhandle, Texas. Muir
ders are of daily occurrence, and cattle art
stolen and killed for their hides by thousands
A sheep herder, named Jamison, was killed
and afterward the murderers lynched his
father, brother and uncle.
MRS. CLEVELAND has declined gift of {,
very handsome and expensive jewell caske'
sent her by an Italian dealer in works of art.
SECRETARY FAIRcHILD has recommended
the appropriation by Congress of $3.50, 900 fol
the establishment of marine hospital il
New York City.
SENATOR FRYE's bill to promote the politi.
cal and social prosperity of the United States
by providing for a congress of American Re
publics in October Of next year was passed
unanimously by the Senate in the last Con
gress.
Mr. BLAINE was presented to President
Carnot, of France, few days since, by
United States Minister McLane.
THE German Crown Princes throat diseast
is again reported WORSE an his physician,
DR.. Mackenzie, has been summoned in ho'
haste to his royal patients side at SaI
Reno.
WILLIAM MCCORMICK, a poor man resid
ing at St. Martins, New Brunswick, is alleget
to have found pot buried in the beach con
tanning $4,000 in gold.
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Counting Apple Seeds.

The following rhyme, long in use in
New England. has followed the eating OF
many an apple, and afforded much pleas
ure to youthful hearts in trying to de-
eide their fate in love. The name OF
some person having been chosen, the
fortune of the counter is decided accord
ing to the number of seeds, as follows:
One, I love,
Two, Ilove,
Three. love, say;
Four, love with all my heart,
And five | cast away;
Six, he loves,
Seven, she loves,
Eight, they both love;
Nine, he comes,
Ten, he tarries;
Eleven. he courts,
Twelve, he inarries;
Thirteen, wishe',
Fourteen, kisses,
All the rest little witches.
--Boston Herald
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South and West

TEN leaders of the striking ore handlers at
Fairport, Ohio, were arrested and Ia ken to
gainesville on the charge Of melting to RIOT.
ONE man was instantly killed and seven
were seriously injured by the fall OF SCAT
fold near Alton, Iii.
As passenger train approach Geneva,
small town in Miller County, Ark, at seven
o'clock the other evening, three men boarded
the train and two miles east of the station
rang down the brakes and, entering the ex-
press car, robbed the safe of its contents.
ADALLAs (Texas) inventor has an electric
fish line which kills fish as it seizes the
hook, and at the same time rings bell on
shore
In the stomach of blue heron shot by
Charles Smith at Burg Hill, Ohio, were found
forty seven carp. From their appearance
they constituted but one meal.
A VEIN of coal four feet thick has been dis
covered near Blanstown, Iowa
FoRTY-Two United States prisoners, the
largest party of the sort on record, have just
been taken in batch from Indian Territory
to Fort Smith, Arkansas.
A SHOCK from an electric bell wire behind
the scenes Instantly killed Stage Manager
James O'Connell, Of Andrewss Michael
Strogof" Company in Cincinnati.
lHE CTeuldUIOu Ill Aoo JuoU
taken place at Detroit. The body cremated
was that of Mrs. Barbara Schow, of Millers-
burg, Ohio.
THIRTY Chinese women, who arrived re-
Gently in San Francisco, claiming previous
residence, have been refused landing.
Rev. I. S. KALLocH, ex-Mayor of San
Francisco, who was shot and severely wounded
by Charles De Young, proprietor of the San
Francisco Chronicle, eight years ago, has
just died in Washington Territory. De Young
was afterward shot to death by Kalloch's
son, whose trial resulted in an acquittal
E: L. HARPER has been sentenced to ten
years Imprisonment for criminal acts in con-
nection with his position as Vice-President
of the Fidelity National Bank at Cincinnati.
MAYOR LATRoBE, of Baltimore, welcomed
the delegates to the second annual convention
of the National Federation of Labor, and
President Gompers replied.
A FIRE in Chicago destroyed nearly one
million dollars worth of property.
A BALLOON, containing man who had
evidently starved to death, tumbled from the
sky to earth, near Owensboro, KY.
A JOINT committee of the Presbyterian
Church, North and South, have been in ses-
sion at Louisville, KY, considering the
question of organic union.
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Scenes in japan.

We had boatmen take US over. tbs
water, skirting the shores and touching
at all the little moss-covered temples that
are dotted along the shores. There were
no priests, no signs of life or occupancy
at any of the little temples, but from the
curious way in which one boatman was
tolled off to watch US it was not intended
that the shrines should suffer any loss
or desecration, nor their affairs be be.
spoiled of one of the scores of little
black wooden images with which they
were decorated. From the water
Chuizenji village appears as small yell
low spot between the unbroken slope of
Nautasian and the great lake. It's fine
tea-houses rise straight from the waters
edge, each with a triple row:.of outer
galleries looking out upon the beauti.
full view. Tsutaya, Idzumiya and Naka-
marya are the names of three of these
pretty inns, and life in them is much
more Japanese than at the much-fre-
quented inns at Nickko. We have chairs
and tables, but there the foreign conces-
sions cease, and we look>outfor our town
knives and forks, bread, butter, milk.
beef, or 60 without. We sleep on the
foar, wash our faces in common basin
on the inside gallery of the house, sand
60 about in our stocking feet in the
house. When we want servant we slide I
screen, clap our hands, and vigorous,
long-drawn "Hey!" announces that the
rosy-cheeked mountain maid has heard
us. The gentle rocking Of the house
tells that the vigorous maiden is running
up the stairs of the fragile building.
The washing of the rice and vegetables,
and kitchen utensils, and the family
clothes, all goes on from the little plank
OF pier that runs out from the lowest
floor of the house. Each hotel has a.
similar pier, and there are sociable times
when each pier has one or more maidens
washing rice in bamboo baskets. One
morning at sunrise I slid the screen to
look out on the glorious panorama Of
green mountains wreathed in rose -colored
clouds and reflected in the still mirror. OF (
the lake, and saw solitary figure stand:
ing at the end of pier, tooth brush in
hand and lost in contemplation of the
scene. The servants of the houses take.
the whole lake to wash their faces and
brush their teeth in each morning, but
now that the nights and mornings are
almost frosty they do not plunge in to
do it.-Gkbe- Democrat. 81.
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So Sudden.

It is said that genius has invented
what is called an electrical lounge. The
lounge is connected by wire with the
parental bedroom. At ten fifteen,
prompt, the cruel father touches knob
in his room and the seat of the lounge
flies up and spills its occupants upon the
floor. We can imagine youth in the
act of proposing when the knob is
touched. He is saying:
"Oh, Jennie 1 love you more than
tongue can tell. Will you be mine'
My own, my very own3 Will you-"
Just then, presto! change! up flies the
seat of the lounge and the pair are sent
spinning across the floor. How natural
it would be for the young lady to say
then:
'Oh, George, this is so sudden. y
Boston Courier.
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have come mighty hard to fetch sucbI
roar as that" 'f -
"Oh, dear no." said the dentist; ''ha
didn't make that noise when I pulled
the tooth. It was afterward." ~
"Afterward2"
"Why, yes," was the reply. "Ths
tooth came easily enough. The time
when he fetched that cry of agony was
when I charged him fifty cents for
doing the job. "-Le,oiston Journal.
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No Time for an Argument.

Il was on a Central Hudson train,
bound north, and he had been delivering
a learned disquisition upon the political
and financial outlook to passenger
in the seat ahead.
"My friend" he concluded, "what is
your opinion of Government bonds9"
Just then the whistle sounded for Sing
Sing, and his friend replied:
II don't think much of 'em," display
ing o pair of handculed wrists, "but I'll
have to say good-by, sir. This is my
station. "-Neu York Sun.
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House PROCEEDINGS.

4rH DAY.-The Speaker called upon Mr..
Crisp to preside, and requested the House to
appoint Committee of Elections. He
stated that the early election of this commit
tee would greatly facilitate the appointment
of the other committees ). "A resolution was
adopted providing that the House will the
next day proceed to the election Of the Com
mittee on Elections, and the House then ad-
journed.
: 5rH DAY.-A large number Of executive
communications were laid before the House
by the Speaker and appropriately referred:
and then at 1910 the House took recess
until o'clock. After the recess, Mr.. Cannon
GILL; offered resolution declaring that the fol-
lowing named gentlemen shall constitute the
Committee on Elections: Messrs. Crisp,
OFerrall, Outhwaite, Barry, Maish, Heard,
johnson Of North Carolina, O'Neill of Indi-
ana, Moore, Rowell, Houk, Cooper, Lyman,
johnson of Indiana, and Lodge. The reso-
luton was unanimously adopted. The
Speaker. having resumed the chair, directed
all papers in the various contested election
cases to be referred to the Committee just
elected, and then the House adjourned for
wo days.
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How Katie's Father Said Grace.

A South End little girl was taking
supper with playmate few evenings
ago. After the pater- -familias had said
grace" with due solemuity, the little
hostess turned to her guest, and asked:
"Does your papa say grace at supper,
Katiel"
"No," replied Katie with charming
candor, "but he says something else."
This answer of course aroused the in
terest of the elder persons. "What does
he say9" was asked the little visitor"
"Good heavens, what supper2" was
the sweetly calm esponse.-Boston CON-
n,o7,uealth.
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Esmeralda Longcoffin to Hostetter Nc
Ginnis fare you still mad at me, MIR.
HcGinnis 2"
McGinnis-" What about ~
Esmeralda--" You know on Christmas
you pr ,posed and Irruelly rejected your
offer. I have-I have thought better of
it since"
McGinnis-Humph! So have H.
Sytings. -. -,
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The Unmakine of Him.

Omaha Man ION railroad train)-No, I
am not travelling on business exactly. I
am going East after my son. He is in
college there and was hurt recently in o
game of football. I shall take him out.
I don't believe in these Eastern colleges
anyhow-all play and no work.
Stranger-Well, do. am college
graduate and I owe my present success
to my collegiate training. I just tell
you, football toHghensa man up wonder
fully. The knocking around got in
college was the making of me.
"Humph What business are you in2"
81 am q book agent. - Omaha World.
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NEARLY $780, In deposits Is lying I'M.
claimed in the savings banks Of Boston. 1t
belongs to 367 unknown depositors, not one
Of whom has put in an appearance ct this
bank for more than 20 yeara
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A Change Of Fortune.
"Do you see that man saving wood
over there ?"
"Yes. What about him ~
"He wasn't always doing such work
as that"
HAS a history, eh3 What did he
formerly do 2"
"Why, when I saw him last he was
splitting wood. ."-NeJrlska S;ate Journal.
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Negotiating for a Dog.

Negotiating for Dog.
Robinson-"That's fine dog you
have, Dumley. Do you want to sell
him %
Dumley-"r rll sell him for $50."
Robinson-"I Is he intellig gent 2"
Dumley with emphasis -" Intelli-
gent! Why that dog knows as much as
I do"
Roblnson-"Y don't say so! Well,
I'll give you twenty-five cents for him,
Dumley. ."-Mep York Sun.
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SEVEN LIVES LOST.

A Mother and Six Children Perish
in the Flames.
The residence of Michael Harris, farmer,
living in the western part OF Beadle
county, Dakota, fourteen miles from
Washington, was totally destroyed by
fire the other night. Mrs. Harris and
six children, ranging from three to twenty
years, were burned to death, having been
overcome by the smoke. >.
Mr.. Harris and one daughter succeeded in
making their escape. though badly burned.
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BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

He Had Changed His Mind-Nego-
tiating for Dog-A Change
Of Fortune-The Un-
making Of Him.
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TORONTO, Ont, April 21.-Respect-
ing the projected visit of VIM. o 'Brien
to Canada to denounce the evictions on
Lord Landsdownes estates in Ireland,
Arch Bishop Lynch, of this city, stated
to-day that he entirely disapproved of
Mr.. O'Brien endeavoring to dissuade
him from coming.
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How Heaven Interfered.

Sir Francis Hastings Doyle put tho
following good story into his lately
published book of "reminiscences:
"James Allan Park was worthy old
Judge, believer III special provi-
dences, and extremely eccentric. He
was in the habit of talking aloud to
himself without knowing it. In one
case that came before him the prisoner
was accused of stealing some fagots.
and Park, on the bench. was heard to
mutter something to this effect, that he
did not quite see his way to a verdict.
one fagot Leiag as like another fagot
as one egg is like another egg. The
quick-eared barrister retained for the
defense caught these mutterings from
above, and instantly made use of them.
Now, witness" he cried ont, you
swear to those fagots; how dare you do
such thing? Is not one fagot as like
another fagot as one egg is like an
other egg?'' Immediately the Judge,
who, though a good man, had certain
ly no claim to be au angel, rushed in
without any proper apprehensions.
s.Stop the case" he shouted, ''stop it
at once; the coincidence is quite mirac-
ulous. VOW to God that very same
thought in the very same words pass
ed through my mind only Il few sec
onds ago. Heaven has interfered to
shield an innocent man. Gentlemen
of the jury, you viii aequit the pris-
nnprf
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Allie Made MIssrabIe.

By dyspepsia lie scarcely worth the liv-
ing. A capricious appetite, heartburn,
puzzling nervous symptoms, increased
action of the heart after eating, sinking
in the abdomen between meals, and
hatulence after, are among the success
i've indicia of this harrassing complaint.
Two things only are needful for its re-
moval. A resort to HOstetter's Stomach
Bitters, and persistence in its use.
These remedial measures being adopt
ed, cure Is certain. Taken immedi-
ately before or after meals, this great
stomachic promotes secretion Of the
gastric Juice, the natural solvent of the
food. The nervous and bilious symp-
toms consequent upon chaonic indiges-
ton disappear, as the complaint grad
ually yields to the corrective and invig-
Grating influence of the Bitters. Ape
tite returns, sleep becomes more refresh
ing, and as a consequence. the body is
efficiently nourished, muscular power
increases, and the mind grows san.
guine. Use the Bitters for chills and
fever, and rheumatism.
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Spanish Moss.

The supply of moss in Louisiana, on
the seaboard and on the streams in the
lower parishes. is immeusc-probably
inexhaustiblc. Thousands of square
miles of forest are festooned with it.
and were the present crop gathered
and the woods left bare but Il few years
would elapse before it would be as
abundant as before The low, wide
spreading live-oakS and sweet-gum
and the facilities for running wagons
everywhere under the trees present ad-
vantages for gathering it not found
elsewhere. Its merits and cheapness
have created Il large demand for it in
England and ~ it becomes known
throughout Europe it must inevitably
supersede all other materials for the
purposes for which it Is adapted, and
certainly become an important item in
our export trade as well rs home con-
umptiou.-AJbcUaie (lRiss.J Meridian.
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a Huge SwindIe.

NEW YORK, April 21.-An evening
paper prints the following: What bids
fair to develop into big gold brick
swindle came to light to-day at the
United States assay Office. Yesterday
of this city deposited four large bars,
supposed to be gold, with the assayer
to be refined and made into standard
gold bars. The gentleman said the bars
were from California, and estimated
their worth at about $40, 900. The sus-
picion of Mr.. Graham, receiver of de-
posits, was excited by the light weight
of the bars. Samples were taken from
the four bars and assayed, when it was
found that the bars were copper with a
thin wash of gold on the outside. The
four bars turned out to be worth about
81. 90 instead of $40 900,
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Lottery SwiudIe.

CHICAGO, April 2O.-A local paper
says: One of the most impudent and
barefaced lottery schemes ever devised
is now being operated throughout the
United States. The swindle is mainly
designed for victimizing the German
speaking contingent in large parties and
has already achieved a tolerable success.
A concern styling itself ''Messrs.
Thiele & Co., bankers, Hamburg, Ger
many" through an agent in Baltimore,
Maryland, has flooded the country with
letters addressed to German residents
in all the large cities. These letters
contain a circular giving glowing de-
scription of the 1.-TWO hundred and
ninety-second German government lot
terry of the city of Hamburg" They
announce that any amount may be
RENTED by means of the Ameri-
can Express company's money order,
payable at Hamburg, Germany. Baron
Won NoTdenhycht, the German con-
sui, said: "This is one of the most pal
pable swindles / ever had brought to
my notice. There is no such lottery as
the German government lottery. The
government of the German empire has
no connection or control in any lottery
or premium enterprise whatever. This
is not only fraud but an insult to the
government l represent
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You cannot afford to waste time in
experimenting when your dungs are in
danger. Consumption always seems at
first only cold. Do not permit any
dealer to impose upon you with some
cheap imitation of DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, cough and
colds, but be sure you get the genuine.
Because he can make more profit he
may tell you he has something just as
good, or just the same. Don't be de-
Kings New Discovery, which is guar
anteed to give relief In all throat, lung
and chest affections. Trial bottles free;
large bottles 81, at b. Wheldon's drug
store
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Dividing the Profltn.

CINCINNATI, April 20.-The firm Of
Proctor & Gamble, manufacturers,
made an elaborate proposition for al
lowing their employees to share in the
profits Of the firm. The plan is to APP
point three trustees. two bookkeepeTs
and a superintendent in the firms en-
ploy, who shall twice a year ascertain
the amount of profits during the pre-
ceding six months, allowing as expense
six per cent interest on the capital en-
ployed and reasonable salaries to the
members of the firm devoting their
time to the interests, and then divide
these profits between the firm and en-
ployes in proportion to capital and
wages earned. The employees accepted
the proposition with thanks and re-
solved to allow no outside influence to
disturb the relations between them and
their employ erS.